Management of high-grade splenic injury in children

American Surgeon

Volumn 74, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 988-992

  Jim, Jeffrey ^a   Leonardi, Michael J ^a   Cryer, H Gill ^a   Hiatt, Jonathan R ^a   Shew, Stephen ^a   Cohen, Marilyn ^a   Tillou, Areti ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SPLEEN INJURY; SPLENECTOMY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; ABDOMINAL INJURY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; INCIDENCE; INJURY; LAPAROTOMY; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPLEEN; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLEEN; SPLENECTOMY; SURVIVAL RATE; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 55949089401     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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